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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:53 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:36 pm Not sure about the uproar regarding the last penalty. Looks like a deliberate knock on to me?
Except no conclusive evidence he even touched the ball.

Looked to me like he touched the ball on the replay and TMO and ref agreed.

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themaddog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:57 pm
earl the beaver wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:55 pm
Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:52 pm

There was a certain blonde lad who is playing for Leinster who is better now 22
It's okay for more than one team to have a good young player you know.
That may have been the point LC was making.

It most certainly was not.

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Didn't you hockey them in Cardiff recently. We basically had a second string side out. Sheridan is going to be a serious operator for Ulster. He’s a real workhorse. Very impressed by Postlewaithe. He’s a future international. Not many 21 year old skillfull 6ft 4, 100kg+ backs about Irish rugby. The...

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Good to hear. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ewers 7. McCann 8. 9. 10. 11. Stockdale 12. 13. Hume 14. 15. That’s the only 1st choice players that started. Izzy made the try saver of the season for me. Monumental tracking back. So Doak, Lowry and Addison don't make your first XV? Maybe Addison based on selection...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:19 pm home town decision for me.

even bbc ni commentators thought it wasnt a knock on.

I'm watching without sound but looked like it hit Carre on replay.

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And we're done.

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That's not a deliberate knock on FFS.

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f**king dire.

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Murphy will need a lot of time to fix this rabble. I'm not sure what the Ulster lads expect. It's rare a coach can instantly fix systemic problems with a side. This isn't a side who were pretty good who lost their way. It's a side who finished the season 2nd in the league last season and apparently...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:21 pm Lowry the classiest player on the pitch.

By miles.

We are an absolute rabble.

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This is a properly, properly bad performance, worse than anything under McFarland.

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Plastic pitch claims another.

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This is awful, like truly dire.

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Bummed in the scrum, good job we aren't signing anyone

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:23 pm https://youtu.be/Ypke3Z6wt2Q

Ulster new CEO

Pretty much says were only signing players as depth and not signing a 10.

Yeah that's going to work.

Great replacing of our two time world cup winning prop

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Maddog yet again I have to tell you… You are the ultimate glory hunter, you have no connection whatsoever to Leinster rugby and their recent success, so I’m not sure what you’re bragging about. Earlthebeaver lives in Leeds yet still supported Ulster and not Sale. There are Ulster supporters all ove...

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Herring is what, 33? And the wunderkind Stewart hasn't followed up on last season, not to say that he won't. WHo else do Ulster have ? James McCormick is very highly rated and is on a development deal, Harry Walker is in the academy and captaining Ireland u19 alongside Zac Solomon. We do not need a...

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John McKee is at Leinster because the Ulster Academy wanted to turn him into a prop, and he and his Dad told them where to stick it, and he came down to Trinity and Leinster took him into their Academy on a shot to nothing basis. I hope the relationship between him and Ulster has got better, becaus...

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He wants money because themmuns are getting money. Well the original agreement was that the money would be split in a certain way, if the GAA get an additional £100m of funding (potentially up to £200m) and the IFA already received an additional £15m why should Ulster sit back and say, "you know wh...

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So you complain that other provinces dont give you good players (but dont acknowledge its Ulsters fault for actually signing them) and then cite two absolute donkeys that you gave to Leinster. :lol: John McKee is a better hooker than that strawberry blonde fella you had a couple of seasons ago who ...

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He wants money because themmuns are getting money. Well the original agreement was that the money would be split in a certain way, if the GAA get an additional £100m of funding (potentially up to £200m) and the IFA already received an additional £15m why should Ulster sit back and say, "you know wh...

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He wants money because themmuns are getting money. Well the original agreement was that the money would be split in a certain way, if the GAA get an additional £100m of funding (potentially up to £200m) and the IFA already received an additional £15m why should Ulster sit back and say, "you know wh...

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Of course it would be, if it’s financed by a government grant. There will be a time in the future when we are a highly competitive team where we will easily fill out a 20,000+ Ravenhill. When Ulster have went far in Europe and played big games at Lansdowne road we have always brought 30,000/40,000 ...

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Son-Of-Ulster wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:22 pm Some ulster fans complain because he’s a bit market and gets involved in scuffles, but I don’t mind that. It’s a sign of a personality and character.

A bit market?

Is this some culchie thing.

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Floppykid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:57 pm What happened to Hume?

He picked up an injury on your in NZ when he was flying and had featured in the 6N, took a while to get fit as he was rushed back and didn't play particularly well that season, had a good one this year.

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They still have good backs. Good on paper, none of them are really fulfilling their potential bar McCloskey. Balacoune must be one of the biggest disappointments in recent years. Could have been top class. Hume has everything you want in a centre. Not getting the best out of him however. Hume has b...

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcUj10XEAAdci9?format=jpg&name=small So is Doak going to play 10 next season or not, flicking between 2 positions is helping no one. AOC starting and captain probably inevitable because of the players we're missing but he really doesn't deserve to be ahead of Izzy on fo...

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Cardiff: Cam Winnett; Josh Adams, Mason Grady, Ben Thomas, Theo Cabango; Tinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan; Corey Domachowski, Liam Belcher (capt), Keiron Assiratti, Ben Donnell, Teddy Williams, Alex Mann, Thomas Young, Taulupe Faletau. Replacements: Rhys Carré, Evan Lloyd, Ciaran Parker, Rory Thornton, E...

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God I'd missed Jones on the bench, surely McNabney, Crothers, McLoughlin or Hopes would all be better options, Jones is off at the end of the season and has always been a nothing player.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcUj10XEAAdci9?format=jpg&name=small So is Doak going to play 10 next season or not, flicking between 2 positions is helping no one. AOC starting and captain probably inevitable because of the players we're missing but he really doesn't deserve to be ahead of Izzy on fo...

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Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pm If you thought the Barrett reaction was bad, a reputable poster on the Ulster forum has just said Pienaar has signed for Leinster as kicking/skills coach

Someone said it as a joke on twitter, I don't think they're serious.

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Centre who can cover wing. Good squad option. Which is effectively what we've signed Kok as and already have Moore doing (though I'd like to see Moore be our first choice 15, I think Moore in a back three with Stockdale and Baloucoune could cause chaos. I see Moore ahead and yes, sticking to FB wou...

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Turner would be a good fit at Ulster. As a winger? We've just wasted an NIQ spot bringing in Kok. Centre who can cover wing. Good squad option. Which is effectively what we've signed Kok as and already have Moore doing (though I'd like to see Moore be our first choice 15, I think Moore in a back th...

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Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:44 pm Not a chance there’s 107 schools in NI playing rugby. That’s over half the schools.

It will include any primary school who did touch or tag rugby in PE one day.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:55 pm Turner would be a good fit at Ulster.

As a winger?

We've just wasted an NIQ spot bringing in Kok.

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246 schools playing rugby

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But making the Leinster schools system pay such dividends didn't happen overnight. Is it not possible for schools elsewhere to up their game? Apart from that, what's your solution? For about the hundredth time, publicly funded schools elsewhere in Ireland cannot put the same level of funding into r...

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This. Leinster can probably help. As has been suggested, there ought to be some sharing of IP between the provinces, and no, Leinster’s big advantage isn’t having some fancy private schools. Hard to get your act together when one province has nearly double the budget of any of the others and they a...

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Leinster have a smaller senior squad though with a bigger academy. Also it's not like the Leinster academy only provides for Leinster. Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are...

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The solution is simple. Munster, Ulster, and, to a lesser extent, Connacht need to get their acts together. This. Leinster can probably help. As has been suggested, there ought to be some sharing of IP between the provinces, and no, Leinster’s big advantage isn’t having some fancy private schools. ...

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